About The Word Unkind
Learn about the word Unkind to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Unkind definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Unkind
| Unkind Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Unkind?
[adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
[adj] lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy [adj] deficient in humane and kindly feelings [adj] lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" Synonyms | Synonyms for Unkind: brutal | cruel | cutting | edged | hard | harsh | heartless | hurtful | inhumane | pitiless | rigorous | stinging | unkindly | unsympathetic Related Terms | Find terms related to Unkind: See Also | malign | merciless | unmerciful Unkind In Webster's Dictionary \Un*kind"\, a. [See {Kin} kindred.]
Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
\Un*kind"\, a. 1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Such unkind abominations.'' --Chaucer. 2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful. He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T. Elyot. -- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Retrospective ‐ an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life…
- Bandtail ‐ wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the…
- Douglass ‐ United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became…
- Stanza ‐ a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit…
- Calypter ‐ scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter…
- Lycia ‐ an ancient region on the coast of southwest…
- To one ear ‐ in a monaural manner; "the stimuli were presented…
- Rachet up ‐ move by degrees in one direction only, as of…
- Rudder ‐ (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical…
- Oxidase ‐ any of the enzymes that catalyze biological…